Racist advertising? A coincidence? Poor marketing and advertising practices? What was the goal? You have to be under a rock if you haven’t heard of the recent scandal involving H&M’s. The company listed a jacket on its website stating “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” on a young black boy. Of […]

With Black History Month around the corner, Florida A&M University is hosting its 10th Annual Spring Literary Forum. For the past nine years FAMU’s Department of English and Modern Language, College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and the School of the Environment have hosted the annual literary forum […]

The 2017-2018 Mister and Miss Army ROTC  Photo credit: Sir Winston   Mister and Miss Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the Royal Court serve as the face of the university, while the Mister and Miss of student organizations serve as their organizations representatives. However, the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) […]

Benjamin Crump Speaks at FAMU 2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation | Photo credit: Malcolm Sommons II The honorable Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “we all have the ability to be great, because to be a great leader, all you have to do is serve.” The words and […]

ldquo;If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation.” –  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo credit: Kaitlyn Walden Local community leaders stood in front of a diverse crowd emphasizing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy and […]

On Jan. 8, Crenshaw rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle came under fire for a problematic Instagram post that ignited discussions of homophobia in hip hop yet again. The picture uploaded featured dozens of black men and boys lined in formation, smiling, fitted in suits inside a ballroom. They were […]

Two students have found a unique way to leave there mark at FAMU by giving back not only to their hometown’s community but their soon to be alma mater as well. Graduating seniors Dajuh Sawyer and Dontreal Fletcher have founded the Make It Out Foundation. It was designed to be […]

(From left to right: Tarana Burke, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Ai-jen Poo, America Ferrera, Jessica Chastain, Saru Jayaraman, Amy Poehler, Meryl Streep and Kerry Washington wear black at the 75th Golden Globes Awards in support of the TIME’S UP Movement  “No more silence. No more waiting. No more tolerance for […]

Setting your alarm and sleeping with your phone sounds like a good idea, right?  Not until you wake up with severe back pain from mistakenly sleeping on your phone like student Kiana Williams, who says she commonly awakes to severe back pain from sleeping with her cellphone. “I wake up […]

Members of the FAMU Student Union after a general body meeting.  Photo credit: Constance Smith  There are a host of organizations that students can join at Florida A&M University (FAMU), such as the FAMU Women Student Union (WSU). The FAMU WSU is an organization with a mission statement that reads “empowering […]